There will be a free demonstration of Inkjet
Vince
Anyone can bring along their favourite image, choose a paper and Fotospeed will print you a sample. There will also be special offers on the day. Fotospeed
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Lost Book
On Thursday 5th September, the first Club meeting, Joy Whiting left a hardback book on a chair, second row back on the far side of the Hall. It wasn’t there when I locked up for the evening and hasn’t appeared since.
The book is about ceramics by Edward James Mellon. It is a very special book to Joy. If anyone has seen it or put it away at the Club can you please let Joy know on joyw2018@gmail.com.
Developers Group Meeting on Monday 16th September
The first meeting of the Developers Group will be held on Monday 16th September commencing at 7:30 pm in the Small Hall. The group is exclusively for members in the Club class and we will develop an agenda during the year, in discussion with you, that will best meet the your particular needs.
The first half of the evening will be a presentation on ‘Getting Control of Your Camera’ which should help those who as yet have not progressed beyond the automatic camera modes. Prints will be displayed to show the effects that can be achieved using different shutter speeds and apertures. This section will conclude with a discussion about a series of exercises to be undertaken that will help to reinforce the learning points. Participants will be asked to bring along to the next meeting the photos they have taken in undertaking this ‘homework’.
The second half of the meeting will be a discussion on your specific priorities to be covered in future sessions. It would be helpful if you could bring a selection of prints on the type of photos you like to take so we can identify areas for development. I do hope to see as many as possible of the new members in the Club class. This group is for you. Help us to make it as useful and relevant to you as possible.
Local Photographic Workshop 19th October
We have been notified of an outdoor evening photographic workshop.
The event will take place at a vintage fairground in East Hampshire and will centre on taking the more unusual pictures involving the careful balance between flash lighting and the ambient red, orange and yellow tungsten lighting of the rides and stalls. To make the event more interesting, we’ll be employing an experienced fashion model who’ll be wearing a modern wedding dress to give an unusual twist to everyone’s photographs. For all those attending, we’ll be handing out an A4 sized ‘cheat sheet’ on the day to help start people off with some suggested ‘default’ settings.
The cost of attending will be the entrance fee of £17 to the ground plus £25 for our workshop. Each person will need to purchase their own venue ticket when they arrive (or on-line if they prefer).
If anyone needs more information, they are welcome to email or ring us. Our email address is studio2@modelling.org.uk and our ‘phone number is: 07968 245901
Anyone interested please contact studio2 direct
1ST ROUND OF SMALL PRINT COMPETITION 26 SEPTEMBER
Welcome to all our new members. In an unavoidable change to the programme, the first round of the Small Print Competition will now be on 26 September. Many apologies for that.
This competition is only open to Club Class members and it is really easy to enter. There is no set theme. All you have to do is to let me, or Guy Partington, have a maximum of three 7”x 5” (or smaller) unmounted prints by the deadline of 19 September so that they can be displayed (anonymously).
The rules are quite simple:
Prints can be straight from the camera – you can print your own or have them done commercially;
a small amount of digital manipulation is allowed but only minimal cropping and the use of tools such as colour correction and exposure compensation (it didn’t mean anything to me when I first started either!);
please put your name and a title for the image on a small label on the reverse.
Three winners will be chosen and a brief feedback from the judges will be given. These images will be held back for the final competition in March when the final 3 winners will be chosen. Those 3 prints will be eligible for automatic entry into the Annual Exhibiiton in August and there is a small cup for the winner.
One word of warning, if you have a wonderful print that you think you would like to enter into the main club competition, then do not enter it into the Small Print Competition as an image can only be used once in any competition in the season.
This competition gives you a chance to measure your work against others in an anonymous setting, without marks or comments. However, if you’d like feedback or advice, there are plenty of experts in the Club who will be willing, on the day, to have a chat. (We’re all very happy to talk about photography). Just ask me or Guy and we’ll point you in the right direction.
Looking forward to seeing all your images soon.
Print group 10th September
The first Print group of the new season is on Tuesday 10th September in the small hall at Tangmere Village Centre. New members are especially welcome to come along and find out more.
The group is a friendly and supportive way to share your images and your views. Those coming along have a wide range of photographic experience and knowledge which we share in an informal workshop type setting. For those who have never shown their photographs to anyone other than family and friends, we know it can be quite daunting to share your images with others and this group is a very easy way to take that step. We all learn from each other and can assist with in getting the best out of your prints, deciding which images to enter for competitions or just to enjoy seeing each many different styles and interests in the work we share.
While you are not obliged to bring along work and can just come along to see what we do, you are encouraged to do so. Prints can be any size, do not need to be mounted, can be work in progress or long finished images you’d just like to show. Do though please back prints with some card so they will stay upright on the print stands we use.
Come along at 7.15 for a 7.30pm start, and there is a charge of £3 for Club members, £4 for visitors who are also very welcome.
The featured image is Port in a Storm by Jim Mundy
South Downs National Park Photo Competition 2019 -20
The annual photo
The first prize in £250, 2nd£150 and 3rd £50
For more information follow – https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/care-for/enter-the-south-downs-photo-competition/
Start of New Season
The new 2019 – 20 season gets underway next Thursday, 5th September. We start with a speaker of the highest quality, Benjamin Graham voted as the UK Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2017. His presentation this evening will be on developing a personal vision and visual style. More detail on the website.
An evening not to miss – see you there.
Promotions between classes
The following promotions have been agreed for the new season commencing September 2019:
Club Prints to Intermediate: Jonathan Fiske, Richard Webb, Gary Howes, Tim Crabb, John Wadd, Wendy Chalk.
Club PDIs to Intermediate: Graham Ainge, Gary Howes, Andy Bayes, Jonathan Fiske, Richard Webb, Elizabeth Boden, Wendy Chalk.
Intermediate Prints to Advanced: Chris Gledhill, Heather Buckle, Mike Hancock.
Intermediate PDIs to Advanced: Andrew Vance, Chris Gledhill and Heather Buckle
Congratulations to all.
Photographic Exhibtions
Simon Roberts in holding an exhibtion in Pallant House until 13th October, probably in the free gallery downstairs.
‘Take Five at the Crypt’ is a show of 5 members of the Hailsham PS, including London Salon member Liz Scott. This will be held at the Crypt Gallery Seaford from 1st to 6th October